What is 2017 Labor Reform?

The 2017 Labor Reform is Law 13.467/2017, which rewrote core parts of the CLT. Among its changes most relevant to litigation: the prevalence of collective bargaining over statute in certain matters, loser-pays attorney’s fees, deadlines counted in business days, capped non-pecuniary damages and a new shape for free legal aid.

Its practical effect is the coexistence of regimes: contracts and facts before and after November 2017 may be governed by different rules. Knowing which regime applies is a precondition for any correct analysis.

How LABORIS AI uses it

LABORIS AI accounts for the legal framework in force at the time of each case’s facts, distinguishing what falls under the prior rules from what already follows the Reform — precision that avoids applying the wrong rule to the right claim.